Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. 1854 SECTION Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley
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Common Name Warscewicz's Cattleya [Polish Orchid Colletor 1800's], in Colombia Flor de San Juan or Flor de San Roque
Flower Size 7 - 11" [17.5 to 27.5 cm]
This is a northwestern Colombian species found at elevations of 500 to 1700 meters in bright to almost full sun on trees near streams as a warm to cool growing epiphyte with thick, shiny, cigar-shaped, deeply grooved pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong , very thick, leathery, rounded apically leaf that blooms in the summer on a terminal, to 18" [to 45 cm] long inflorescence carrying large, showy, few to several [4 to 7], fragrant violet scented flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya gigas Linden & André 1873; Cattleya gigas var. burfordiensis O'Brien 1883; Cattleya gigas var. imperialis O'Brien 1883; Cattleya gigas var. sanderiana O'Brien 1883; Cattleya gloriosa Carrière 1885; Cattleya imperialis O'Brien 1887; Cattleyea labiata var. warscewiczii [Rcb.f]Rchb.f. 1883; Cattleya lindeni L. Linden 1890; Cattleya sanderiana H. Low 1896; Cattleya warscewiczii f. franconvillensis (O'Brien) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya warscewiczii f. rochellensis (Rolfe) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya warscewiczii var. delicata T.Moore 1861; Cattleya warscewiczii var. delicata-superba B.S.Williams 1885; Cattleya warscewiczii var. franconvillensis O'Brien 1893; Cattleya warscewiczii var. lageriana R.M.Grey 1894; Cattleya warscewiczii var. rochellensis Rolfe 1898; Epidendrum labiatum var warscewiczii Rchb.f 1861
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 drawing; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var warscewizcii; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C labiata var warscewiczii; AOS bulletin Vol 28 No 1 1928 photo as C gigas; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 #1 1959 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 NO 2 1960 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 5 1963 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as c labiata var warscewiczii; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 # 6 1968 as C warscewiczii var sanderiana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 6 1972 as C warscewisczii var coerulea photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 42 no 2 1978 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 6 1978 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981 as C gigas; Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981 as C gigas var sanderiana; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 5 1985 as C warscewiczii var coerulea photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 5 1986 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 9 1986 AS C warscweiczii var alba photo fide; The Cattleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 photo fide; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 2 1993 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994 photos fide; Orchid Digest Vol 58 No 1 1994 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 2 1995 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 #8 1995 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 60 No 2 1996 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 9 1998 photo; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 6 1999 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 6 1999 photo fide; Orchid Digerst Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 22 #2 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 as C warcewizcii var alba photo fide;AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 11 2003 photo fide; The Colombian Cattleya and their Color Variations Toulemonde 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 12 2005 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #1 2005 photo fide; The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 3 2007 as C gigas photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; Orquideología Vol 26 #2 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 drawing fide; Orquideologia Vol 27 #1 2010 as C warscewiczii var coerula photo Fide; Orquideologia Vol 27 #2 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #2 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #7 2010 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #12 2010 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 28 #1 2011 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 28 #2 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #8 2014 photo fide; Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia 2014 photo fide; Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia 2014 as C warscewiczii var semialba photo fide; Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia 2014 as C warscewiczii var coerula photo fide; Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia 2014 as C warscewiczii var oscura photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2015 photo fide; Of Men and Orchids Part 1 2015 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #8 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 82 #3 2018 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #11 2019 photo fide;
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